Cold/Wind Chill, Lackawanna
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lackawanna forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.437, -75.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Pennsylvania, March 8 to 10, 1996
Arctic air filtered into northeast Pennsylvania, behind a winter storm which moved to the Canadian Maritimes. At the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport in Avoca, the record low temperature of 7 degrees above zero was tied on the 8th (which was set in 1986).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
Arctic air filtered into northeast Pennsylvania, behind a winter storm which moved to the Canadian Maritimes. At the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport in Avoca, the record low temperature of 7 degrees above zero was tied on the 8th (which was set in 1986). Then, the low temperature of 1 degree below zero on the 10th broke the previous record low of zero set in 1984.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Luzerne
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Luzerne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.177, -75.989 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in North Carolina, March 8, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, March 8, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, March 8, 1996
- Cold in Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, March 8 to 9, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 8, 1996
- Cold in New York, March 8 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, March 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, March 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5546045, 5546046.